BuddyPress <= 1.9.1 - Authorization Bypass

6.5
Improper Authentication
CVE CVE-2014-1889
CVSS 6.5 (Medium)
Publicly Published February 5, 2014
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Pietro Oliva

Description

The Group creation process in the Buddypress plugin before 1.9.2 for WordPress allows remote authenticated users to gain control of arbitrary groups by leveraging a missing permissions check. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to modify the name, description, avatar and settings of groups.

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Vulnerability Details for BuddyPress

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug buddypress (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 1.9.2, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • < 1.9.2
Patched Version
  • 1.9.2

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